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Sunday, July 31, 2011

Every weekend seems to just fly by. Saturday and Sunday just never seem to last long enough. I had a semi eventful weekend, mostly filled with sewing! How was yours? Was it filled with anything fun, or just relaxing?

I'm working on getting things ready for my Etsy shop, i'm a little further behind than I want to be. Getting this store ready is a little bit harder than I thought it was going to be :(

So, back to this this weekends sewing... I have a couple tutorials ready for you this week! Exciting, I know! Hehe. While I was working on those tutorials, I took a break to look around a little bit in the blog world, and I found this great tutorial from Sugar Bee Crafts for this cute Shirred Pocket Skirtthat I just had to try! I have never sewn with elastic thread before, so I figured now was the perfect time! I however made it a little smaller for my daughter, and I haven't tried to put a pocket on it. You should go check this tutorial out, she gives some great tips for shirring! (Also she has the same name as me, which I think is pretty cool!)

Here's a picture of my first shirred skirt!

It was a lot easier, and took a lot less time than I thought it would!

Have a good rest of what's left of your weekend, and have a wonderful Monday!

I'm so excited to get started on it! So be prepared for the Bottled Rainbows quilt posts coming next week. I'm working on a couple of tutorials that should be ready for next week, can't wait to see what you think!

Now that you know My weekend plans, hope you all have a fun filled weekend too!

Tuesday, July 26, 2011

So i am patiently awaiting the arrival of my bundle of Kona fabrics :) I can't wait to get started on my new adventure into quilting! As I am waiting to get started on my first quilting square I was thinking that my scissors needed a little updating, so as I was doing this I wrote up a quick little tutorial for you guys!

*Before I share that with you guys though, I want to tell you something awesome that happened to me today! My husband called me on Skype this morning at 2am! I was so excited that I couldn't go back to sleep, hehe!*

Okay, anyways back to what you guys came here for, the tutorial!

First I started with a pair of plain old scissors;

I also used a piece of scrap booking paper

clear tacky glue

hole punch

and some modge podge (not pictured)

I then traced the scissor blades on the back of the scrapbook paper

I cut the pieces out and laid them on the scissors to make sure they fit. I took my fingernail and rubbed it on the screw on the blades to mark where it it. I took the hole punch and punched a hole to make a place for the screw. I glued the pieces to the blades with the tacky glue and painted modge podge over the top to make the paper stay.

Saturday, July 23, 2011

Ok, I know it has been a super long time since I have posted anything here. Long story short, Ricky (my husband) was deployed last month, and I am still trying to get into a routine without him. I haven't even sewn anything since he left :(

Well today I took the plunge and ordered the Kona fat quarter bundle from here so I can start on this colorful new quilt called Bottled Rainbows from Rachel at Stiched in Color. I actually came across this a while ago, but have been putting it off because this will be my first quilt!

I decided today to get up and start sewing again, it is very much needed. I will keep you guys updated weekly on how my progress is going along with some tutorials on how I have learned to do things. Feel free to follow along with me, as she started back in March (I know, I know, I have put this off WAY to long) and is already finished with hers.